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Spot the false statement

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. False statement
    A combination also fixes the order
    Statements
    1. A combination also fixes the order
    2. Zero factorial equals one
    3. A permutation fixes the order
  2. False statement
    It works only for exactly two events
    Statements
    1. The counting principle multiplies the ways
    2. It works only for exactly two events
    3. Three pants and two shirts give six pairs
  3. False statement
    The lock allows a digit to repeat
    Statements
    1. The letters of ROOT are not all different
    2. The lock has four wheels
    3. The lock allows a digit to repeat
  4. False statement
    Listing every case is the quickest method
    Statements
    1. Listing every case is the quickest method
    2. A handshake pair has no order
    3. Factorial is a product of natural numbers
Instructions
Two statements are true and one is false. Tap the false one.

Explanation

_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Ch 6 'Permutations and Combinations'_
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